Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Friday that he is “livid” because law enforcement “misled” him about their response to the Robb Elementary School massacre.

“I was misled,” Abbott said at a press conference Tuesday outlining various state assistance for mass shooting victims. “I am livid about what happened.”

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Abbott, who hailed the police for their “quick response” to the horrific killings earlier this week, was probed on whether he was aware of the policemen’s decision not to breach the door to the classroom where gunman Salvador Ramos killed 19 kids and two teachers.

It took detectives roughly an hour to enter the classroom — and only after they obtained a key from a janitor to unlock the door, according to authorities.

Abbott said that the information police first provided him about the response time was incorrect, prompting him to broadcast misleading details to the public on Wednesday.

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“I was on this very stage two days ago, and I was telling the public information that had been told to me [by law enforcement]” he said. “As everybody has learned, the information I was given turned out in part to be inaccurate. I was absolutely livid about that.”

Abbott added, “There are people who deserve answers the most, and those are the families whose lives have been destroyed. They need answers that are accurate. It is inexcusable that they may have suffered from any inaccurate information whatsoever.”

Later, Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez stopped the governor, criticising him for failing to tighten assault rifle prohibitions and raise the age limit for gun buyers.

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“You have to do something, man,” Gutierrez said. “Your own colleagues are calling me and telling me an 18-year-old shouldn’t have a gun. This is enough, man.”

“My colleagues are asking for a special session, you’re getting a letter tomorrow. We have asked for gun-control changes,” Gutierrez added.

Abbott’s remarks came just hours after Texas cops conceded at a press conference that they made the “wrong decision” by lingering outside a classroom where 19 pupils and two teachers were killed.

The state’s Department of Public Safety head, Steven McCraw, said “there’s no excuse” for law enforcement failing to interfere as Ramos inflicted havoc.

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Police had been told to wait for backup and equipment, but Ramos had been at the school for more than an hour by the time a specialist team of federal officers arrived, according to McCraw.

“Of course it was not the right decision,” McCraw said. “It was the wrong decision.”

Abbott, 64, hailed law police on Wednesday, a day after the massacre, for their “quick response” and averted a larger catastrophe.

“The reality is, as horrible as what happened, it could have been worse. The reason it was not worse is because law enforcement officials did what they do,” Abbott had then said.